Direction-indicator for closed automobiles



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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24,119.21-

Applicatoii filed February 7,I 191,8. Serialy N0,`,215,852

ToaZZ whom t mayconcem:

Be it known thatl, WLADiMni W. Boli/[Is- 'riiorr, a citizen `of Iflussia, and residingat Washington, .District of Columbia, j have j, invented certain new and useful Improvements in vD,irection-Indicators for Closed Automobiles, of which the following is a lspecification. l

The Lpresentinvention relates to adirection indicator for motor vehicles and more particularlyqtosuch angindicator for closed automobiles.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide an indicating device which may be secured to a closed car in such a manner that the weather-tightness of the car is not affected; to provide such a device adapted to be secured on the outside of a closed car and operated from the inside; to providean indicating device of simple structure which may be manufactured at a low cost; and.V

generally to provide an. improved construction.

Other objects and featuresofnovelty will be apparent from the description taken in connection with the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a closed automobile illustrating the present invention as applied thereto; c

Fig. 2 is a view of the indicator and windshield as seen from the front side of the automobile; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the indicating device;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken substaib" tially on the line 4 4 of F ig. 2

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, as shown the indicating device proper comprises the two fiat housings 10 and 11 connected at their inner end Walls by the tubular member 12. A fiat signal 13 is slightly mounted in the housing 10and a similar signal 14 is slid-v ingly mounted in the housing 11, these two signals being connected by the rod 15 eX- tending through the tubular member 12. As shown in Fig. 3 the signals are in midposition, that is to say both of them are retracted within their respective housings. When the rod 15 is moved to the left as viewed in this figure the signal 13 is pro jected at the left and the signal 14 further retracted within the housing' 11 until it strikes the inner end wall, this housing being of such length that the signal 14 may slide totheleft a sucient distance to permit the signaljli to he projected at thejother side. Iii-a similarmanner the housingalOr is constructedso vthat the signal `14 may be pro- J'Gsfed at. .the Tightf j The indicatoryisadapted to be j mounted .1

at the -.front side ,of the wind-shield, i as shown in Fig. l, by any suitablemeanssuch as the clips 16.` For; the purpose of operatingithe ,indicator from` the inside4 of the car a short shaft lhaying a handlelS vextends through an aperture 19 in the wind-shield and into a circular casing 20 carried by the tubular member 12. A grooved wheel 2l is arranged within the casing and mounted on the said shaft 17. In assembling these parts the shafts and handle must be inserted in the aperture 19 from the inside of the car and in order to hold it against displacevment it is formed with the shoulder 22 Vwhich abuts against one Vside of the casing 20 and has the nut 23 at the other side. A

- leather or felt washer 24 may be arranged between the wind-shield and the casing 20. The wheel 21 may frictionally engage the rod 15 so that when it is rotated the rod will be reciprocated. Preferably, however, a flexible connector 25 is secured to the rod 15 as at 26 and passes around the wheel 21 and thence along the rod, being secured thereto as at 27 on the opposite side of the wheel from the point 26. If desired, this connector may have one point thereof secured to the wheel 21 as at 28 so that there will be no slipping. Y f

In the operation of the device it is merely necessary to grasp and turn the handle 18 Vin order to project one or the other of the dotted lines inFig. 2 then the left hand signal will be projected. If it is turned in the reverse direction then the right hand signal will be projected.l Thus the position of the handle 18 shows the adjustment of the indicating device. I

In applying the device to a closed automobile it is seen thatvthe indicator is located o n the outside of the wind-shield and consequently there are no apertures or openings to destroy the weather-tightness of the car. The single hole 19 formed in the windshield is securely protected from the weather by the casing 20 and the washer 24. In addition to the feature just mentioned the in- Vdicator may be manufactured at a small oost as its structure is so simple and is adapted to be` made lfrom stamped parts. Preferably 'the signals 18 and 14 are coated at least on the rearvvardiside Withpa phos- Y phoresoent paint or other substance Which Will render the signal luminous. I Having thus desoribed the invention What is claimed as new and desired' to be securedV by Letters Patent is Y 1. An automobile'direotion indicator comprisinga flat housing having a tubefconnected thereto, a Ciroular housing connected toothetube, a sgnalslidable in said flat housing, a rod at one end'v connected to the signal slidable in VVthefltuloe,means at the other end of said rod 5 for llimiting the out- Ward movement `of the signal, a shaft eX- tending through'V the circular'hou'sing'having a handle at one end and a Wheel Within the housing eonneotedgto the rodl l y n automobile direction indicator cornprising a pair of at.housings,with inner end Walls, a tube connecting saidA housings,

a oircularlhousing connected to the tube, a

signal slidable in each of said flat housings, and ofi approximately half the lengththereof; a rod disposed in said tube and connected at each endtoone-of said signals, a shaft extending through theV circular housing having a handle at one end, and a Wheel mounted on said shaft Within the vcircular housing operatively Vconnectedtol the rod to slide they rod when thevvheel is rotated,

tor'the corresponding signal *tov limit the exlientof outward motion of the vother 'signa A In: testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

y y WLADIMIR `vv. BuiMIsTRoFn A `eaoh of said inner end Walls forming a stop 

